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Kangaroo Lasagne was on the menu at our house on Saturday night.  It was one of those ‘make it up as you go’ or accidental recipes as we had some kangaroo mince in the fridge and a pile of leftover vegetables that I wanted to use up.  The good part was, the results were fantastic.  In fact, it was the nicest lasagne I’ve ever made.

For many Aussies, the thought of eating our national emblem is a bit daunting, but the reality is that kangaroo is a lean, iron rich, protein source.  Another big bonus these days is the price – it is generally half the price of top quality lean mince.  So although lasagne is traditionally a high fat, calorie laden meal, I think this Kangaroo Lasagne would tick a lot of healthy food boxes.

As mentioned previously, this was an “Accidental Recipes” so the measurements etc aren’t exact.

Kangaroo Lasagne Meat Mix

Brown onion + 1 crushed garlic clove – sauté in oil
Add 500g kangaroo mince and brown
Stir through 4 cups chopped vegetables – I used sweet potato, zucchini, red capsicum
Combine 1 jar of pasta sauce (500g) and 2 tablespoons tomato paste with meat and veggie mix
Add an additional cup or two of water – enough for mix to stew
Fresh herbs – I had basil and flat leaf parsley
Salt and pepper to taste

Let the Kangaroo Lasagne meat mix simmer for an hour or so to ‘brew’.
Make up a cheese sauce or béchamel sauce recipe and then you are ready to assemble.

Assembling the Kangaroo Lasagne

Choose appropriate cookware then put together the layers:

Layer  1 – pasta lasagna sheets
Layer 2 – 1/3 meat mix
Layer 3 – 1/3 cheese sauce (it won’t completely cover the meat – dot it around)

Repeat two more layers, finish with cheese sauce and sprinkle with some tasty cheese and parmesan.

Bake in moderate oven (180C/350F) for about 40 minutes.  Check pasta is cooked before removing from oven.  Once done, let it stand for 5 minutes before cutting (makes it a little less sloppy).

If you have a favourite lasagne recipe, you could adapt simply by substituting with kangaroo mince and creating your very own version of Kangaroo Lasagne.

Enjoy!